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(No Model.)

S. D. MOELROY.

COLLAR AND STIFPENER THEREFOR.

Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

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ITED STATES"- STEPHEN D. McELROY,.OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR AND STIFFENER THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,337, dated. January23, 1894.

Application filed June 19, 1893.

sn'n No. 478,057. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. MOELROY, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Collar, of which thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to wearing apparel, and its object is to provide anew and improved collar which is simple and durable in construction,arranged to retain at all times the proper form, and which permitsofconveniently washing and iro'ning part of the collar when necessary.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations ofthe same, as will be hereinafterdescribed and then pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimprovement with parts broken out.Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

The improved collar is provided with a shell A, made of linen or othersuitable fabric, and cut to the desired shape, the lower end of theshell being open so as to form a compartment B within the shell, forreceiving a stiifening plate 0, which retains theshell in the propershape.

In order to make the shell A, I double the blank at the middle so thatthe shell itself forms the two facings for the collar, and also thecompartment B, to which access is had from the lower edge of the shell.The buttonhole ends A of the collar, are formed in the usual manner byuniting the two shell sides by means of stitches, the inner edge A ofeach button-hole end A being beveled, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2,to formaseat for the correspondingly shaped bevels on the end 0' of thestiffening plate C. The latter may be made of sheet metal, cardboard,celluloid, or other suitable material, which can be bent sufficiently toconform to the shape of the collar when worn, and which also permits ofbeing put in place within the shell A, or removed therefrom whenever itis desired to wash and iron the shell. The stiffening plate O,ispreferably made U shaped as shown in Fig. 2, the middle portion 0engaging the doubled-up part of the shell throughout its length, asplainly indicated in said Fig. 2. From this middle portion 0 depends anarm 0 at about the middle of the shell, and in this arm is formed anaperture 0 for the passage of the collar button, also passing throughthe usual slots A arranged in thesides of the shell and in alignmentwith the apertures 0 as will be readily understood by reference to Fig.3. The opening 0 is large enough to permit the passage of the head ofthe collar button, it being, however, understood that when the collar isworn, only the shank of the button is engaged by the aperture (3 and theregistering slot A The stifiening plate G, will, at all times, hold theshell in a proper form, while thecollar is worn, and when it is desiredto wash the collar the stiffening plate 0 is removed and the shell A,only, is washed and ironed, While the stiffening plate 0 is meanwhileused on other similarly constructed shells already washed and ironed.Thus, the stiffening plate may be used for a large number of shells.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A stifiening plate for collars, comprising anapproximately U-shaped plate provided at its middle with a depending armhaving an aperture in its end, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the linen collar, A, having an opening alongthe lower edge, of the U-shapeil, stiffening plate, 0, which extendsaround the edge of said collar leaving the body thereof free, and isprovided with the depending arm, 0 having a button-hole that registerswith the similar hole in the collar proper, as shown and described.

3. A collar comprising a shell forming a compartment open at the loweredge of the shell and formed at its ends with beveled seats, and astilfening plate adapted to be inserted in the said shell and formed atits ends with bevels adapted to be seated on the said beveled ends ofthe shell and provided at its middle with a depending apertured arm,substantially as shown and described.

STEPHEN D. MOELROY. Witnesses:

Tnno. G. HOSTER, C. SEDGWICK.

